The Blade Runner Thread

Literally found out only a few weeks ago, thanks to this video, that there are some lingering shots of the photos on the piano which are missing from every other cut except the '82 theatrical.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK8gSbIaNhM

I was delighted to find about about the 'deckard is gaff' theory last week: https://steemit.com/cinema/@starlight8888/blade-runner-deckard-is-gaff

I like it.

The part of fandom that comes up with little plot speculations you can tease out that are neither true nor false in the presented fiction is so much more fun than the people arguing that something is specifically true or false when the art left it intentionally vague

Ha! I'm imagining Edward James Olmos reading it and nodding his head then pointing at his ipad going "this guy gets it!"

that's a fantastic theory, i love it

Wonder if that plot strand made its way through by stealth from an earlier draft of the script?

edward james olmos put an astounding amount of work into developing the character of gaff on his own - he even devised the polyglot 'cityspeak' that gaff uses himself! - so i think a lot of the stuff like gaff's limp came directly from him rather than being a planned script element

reminding me I never finished Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner Revised & Updated Edition

that book was a bible to me as a teen

holy moly @ Gaff theory

I do like the idea of EJO himself planting the clues unbeknownst to Scott, Ford, Fancher as part of some ego-driven ethos that every role should be played as if it was the most important character in the movie.

I don't think 2049 has anything that would explicitly break the theory. Other than Gaff using newspeak and Deckard speaking in standard English. Almost adds an additional wink in that they go to Gaff on their journey to find Deckard.

https://i.imgur.com/5PtJ4ke.jpeg

Thanks for the rec, this book looks great

It's very good. That's the earlier edition IIRC; there's a later one with a blue color scheme for the cover and more info.

Revised & Updated Edition